Documentary text for use in tertiary institutions; chapters cover Aboriginal relationship with land, Aboriginal land laws, colonisation and sovereignty, land rights at common law, land rights legislation, recognition of customary law and dispute management, criminal justice issues; examines concepts of sovereignty in municipal and international law, proprietorship, terra nullius; discusses nature of Aboriginal title (native title), rights and compensation giving North American and Australian examples; outlines state land rights legislation and federal involvement and examines title conferred, mining, royalties; examines Australian and overseas models for separate justice mechanisms; examines extent of and reasons for over representation in criminal justice system, policing, reform measures, pre-trial and trial processes, punishment and alternatives, mentions Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody; considers potential to resolve problematic legal issues such as autonomy and territory by using legal techniques of parliamentary resolutions, preambles to legislation, litigation, legis lation, constitutional amendment, treaty, international action.